A new initiative, dubbed the Digitally Enabled Efficient Propeller (D.E.E.P.) project, aims to combine additive manufacturing (AM) with digital twin technology to produce a series of ‘smart propellers’ that can monitor their own performance throughout their operational lifecycles. Funded by the sixth round of Innovate UK’s Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC6), and led by Enki […]
A collaboration between Spanish engineering start-up V2 Group and Italy-headquartered 3D-printing specialist Caracol Additive Manufacturing (AM) has resulted in the production of a part-functional, 6m-long monolithic catamaran for open waters, produced entirely via robotic 3D-printing technology. While whole 3D-printed boats are not entirely new, the models produced to date – including a 9m ferry unit […]
Huntingdon Ingalls Shipbuilding (HII) says its Newport News Shipbuilding division recently received approval as a vendor to provide additive manufacturing components to Naval Sea Systems (NAVSEA) platforms. Certification enables NNS to use additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, to fabricate pipefittings or other potential components for use on aircraft carriers, submarines and other NAVSEA platforms. In […]